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22 December, 2022

Hay exporter charged over Bridgewater death

A hay exporter is facing two charges over the death of a worker who was crushed in a bailing machine in Bridgewater — 40 minutes from Maryborough — last year. The 29-year-old worker suffered fatal injuries when he became entrapped in a bailing...

By Maryborough Advertiser

Hay exporter charged over Bridgewater death - feature photo

A hay exporter is facing two charges over the death of a worker who was crushed in a bailing machine in Bridgewater — 40 minutes from Maryborough — last year.

The 29-year-old worker suffered fatal injuries when he became entrapped in a bailing machine he was operating last February.

Hay Australia Victoria Pty Ltd was charged with two counts of failing to provide and maintain a workplace that was safe and without risks to health.

WorkSafe alleges that Hay Australia Victoria breached the health and safety act by failing to provide or maintain a plant that was, as far as was reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health.

It is also alleged that the company failed to ensure a presence-sensing safeguarding system was used to eliminate any risk arising from an area of the plant that required guarding while a person, or any part of a person, was in the danger area.

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